You can just get the song you want rather than the whole album. It's rare today to actually like all the songs on an album.
Good point - this is true.
Proprietary/Non-Portable format? What, you plan on running it on what? iTunes plays on Windows and Mac. What more do you want? Linux? There are plenty of ways to get a purchased song to work on Linux. Oh, and you do get album artwork.
You have no idea what proprietary means do you?
And nope, its not portable either. If you want to play it on linux, you have to convert it to the non-propiertary mp4.
Oh, and album artwork included with itunes is vastly inferior to what you get in a physical CD (which itself was vastly inferior to what you got with a typical LP)
Go back to drinking whatever flavor of Kool-Aid you have been drinking (me thinks it's Linux/Microsoft blend).
Blah blah blah, go back to accepting the DRM walls slowly arising around you, blinded by the Shiny Apple Goodness (tm).
I will leave it to others to say how the study is flawed (hint counting vulnerabilities without taking into account seriousness!) as other people can do that.
Whoops!
This section of my post is presented to you by the department of redundancy department who are presenting this section of my post to you.
These guys are actually somewhat reputable and they're saying this. Worth keeping and eye on.
No - Symantec are not reputable. They are a software company making a great deal of money off a particular business model (attempting to close the gate after the horse has bolted)
Of course Firefox/Linux/Mac/anything other then a microsoft hegemony scares the crap out of them.
I will leave it to others to say how the study is flawed (hint counting vulnerabilities without taking into account seriousness!) as other people can do that.
I could see this turning into a competitor for snopes.*snip* Sadly, I believe the Uncyclopedia could quickly turn into some kind of meta-statement on itself, with every urban legend having "supporters" and detractors.
Well - the site was slashdotted, so a little hard for you to rtfa - but maybe next time wait & read before posting.
This is nothing like snopes. It is a satire/joke encyclopedia. You will not be able to forward anything authorative from here to your friends.
Oh - if you really find snopes too hard to navigate, just do a google search with site:snopes.com included.
Other then that it's irrelevant - he got it wrong in the first paragraph:
The OSS vision is of a world in which there are no greedy corporations run by megalomaniac billionaires intent on screwing users out of their hard-earned cash in return for bloated, unstable, insecure software which only operates properly with other products from the same manufacturer and has laughable customer support.
In the OSS world, there can be all of that - but with source provided:-) Hom^H^H^HStephen J Sim^H^H^HMarshall does not understand what he is writing about.
You're right, no major company would dare to put a hard drive in a portable device.
*shakes head*
Do you Apple Shills have some sort of rule that states every time there is a discussion about mp3 players you have to mention the ipod no matter how irrelevant?
Just so you know, HDD ipods are all but useless for jogging/mountain biking/any other sport with a bit of rough & tumble.
Most people I know with an ipod use it to carry their entire music collection to a party or whatnot (and plug it into a wall socket). They have a shuffle or some other sort of player for for real portability.
Furthermore, it looks like Apple is moving away from HDDs and onto solid state.
Now that harddrives are becoming so small and the price isn't that bad, I reckon they are really limiting their device by just supporting SD, especially when they try and flog it off as a portable movie player. I'm sure if they stuck in 20gb hdd and had to add a tiny bit onto the overall width people wouldnt moan and you'd probabaly get more sales out of it
1) HDDs have moving parts and are prone to failure in portable devices. 2) HDDs have moving parts requiring more power - a nono in a portable device. 3) SD == expandable - need more storage? Buy another card. You will be able to buy a 4Gig SD card next year for next to nothing.
Frankly, I think the lack of a HDD is a good thing - I would kill for a mp3 player with a CF slot....
regardless of whether we eject terawatts of thermal energy into the atmosphere or not.
Our thermal energy output is not the problem (for now). It is our output of C02 and other gases. These change earth's atmosphere, adding to earth's overall thermal energy retention.
But of course, I could just ignore global scientific consensus and listen to some random slashdotter who obviously has no clue about what the problem actually is instead.
* Java Desktop System is a major component of Solaris 10 Operating System, and Solaris is a free download.
* Release 2 for Linux OS is available for only $100 per desktop.
First linux distribution I've heard of that runs on Solaris:-)
The grandparent was perfectly correct - Java is not Open Source (whilst being a perfectly nice free-as-in-beer programming language).
Yeah - its amusing that they can call this open source - of course alot of JDS _is_ built using Free Components (it would be more accurate to call it the GTK Desktop System).
However Looking Glass, some of the configuration tools and as you mention Java are licensed under a range of licenses that few people would think are open source. Sun does not explicitly state the licenses on their JDS site. However it is per seat licensing (of $100)
And there will be a file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\sources.list containing:
# See Windows Help file on sources.list for more information # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs cab http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista unstable main
The very link you provided contains the following statement: "Mr. Jobs had been permitted to visit the Xerox laboratory in return for allowing Xerox to invest in one of Apple's last private financing offerings." More links.
OK - the statement as worded was correct in a legalistic sense. However, many take Apples share off to mean that Xerox ceded Apple all rights to their UI. This is simply not true - as the Xerox lawsuit link I provided shows.
they didn't steal Apple's copyrighted code did they?
For the GUI, no. For Quicktime (AVI), tes
*sighs* I am well aware that microsoft have stolen copyrighted code (amongst other things). Let me further add that I view microsoft as the most evil, predatory retail software company on this planet.
However, that and the fact they may have ripped off quicktime is irrelevant to this discussion.
I haven't seen a single person defend Apple on this one. Here you go The poster you just called a "shill" was merely pointing out that it's not established that Apple has legally failed to undertake due diligence. That's for a judge or jury to decide, *not* the legal opposition.
No. The OP tried to make the entire summary sound incorrect.
Despite claims to the contrary, it now appears that Apple didn't do any serious investigation inside the company before they sued AppleInsider and the PowerPage
Slashdot Mirror
Here's a nice big pic
Taken from Notebook reviews
Looks quite nice
You can just get the song you want rather than the whole album. It's rare today to actually like all the songs on an album.
Good point - this is true.
Proprietary/Non-Portable format? What, you plan on running it on what? iTunes plays on Windows and Mac. What more do you want? Linux? There are plenty of ways to get a purchased song to work on Linux. Oh, and you do get album artwork.
You have no idea what proprietary means do you?
And nope, its not portable either. If you want to play it on linux, you have to convert it to the non-propiertary mp4.
Oh, and album artwork included with itunes is vastly inferior to what you get in a physical CD (which itself was vastly inferior to what you got with a typical LP)
Go back to drinking whatever flavor of Kool-Aid you have been drinking (me thinks it's Linux/Microsoft blend).
Blah blah blah, go back to accepting the DRM walls slowly arising around you, blinded by the Shiny Apple Goodness (tm).
You might want to RTFA before spewing hate:
;-)
Errr right. Spewing hate? You may want to look up the word hint
I will leave it to others to say how the study is flawed (hint counting vulnerabilities without taking into account seriousness!) as other people can do that.
Whoops!
This section of my post is presented to you by the department of redundancy department who are presenting this section of my post to you.
These guys are actually somewhat reputable and they're saying this. Worth keeping and eye on.
No - Symantec are not reputable. They are a software company making a great deal of money off a particular business model (attempting to close the gate after the horse has bolted)
Of course Firefox/Linux/Mac/anything other then a microsoft hegemony scares the crap out of them.
I will leave it to others to say how the study is flawed (hint counting vulnerabilities without taking into account seriousness!) as other people can do that.
In that case I do apologise for calling you a shill :-)
No. I think you misunderstand the point of Uncyclopedia - go and read it through Coral Cache and you will see what I mean.
or as they say Arr, Pirateopedia.
Amusingly enough, someone (since you've posted I believe) has added this to the top of the front page:
I could see this turning into a competitor for snopes.*snip* Sadly, I believe the Uncyclopedia could quickly turn into some kind of meta-statement on itself, with every urban legend having "supporters" and detractors.
Well - the site was slashdotted, so a little hard for you to rtfa - but maybe next time wait & read before posting.
This is nothing like snopes. It is a satire/joke encyclopedia. You will not be able to forward anything authorative from here to your friends.
Oh - if you really find snopes too hard to navigate, just do a google search with site:snopes.com included.
Coral Cache here:
http://uncyclopedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wiki/ipod
Errrr right - so you didn't mean OSX on linux at all did you?
/. after all.
And you didn't address my main point - that your comment had absolutely nothing to do with the story.
At least your original post has been rightfully modded offtopic now. I guess there are a few non-mac-zealots left on
Your post has nothing to do with the story.
How could redhat given us "OSX based on linux?" Download the aqua source from Apple under the GPL and recompile it?
How much does Apple pay you shills anyway?
Yes. It does - we can use this piece to mock this stupid picture of the author from the 80s that he was stupid enough to link to from his home page
Other then that it's irrelevant - he got it wrong in the first paragraph:
In the OSS world, there can be all of that - but with source provided
Well I didn't say who I would kill now did I? To clarify:
I would kill the first person to mention an ipod in reply to this comment for a mp3 player with a CF slot....
Thanks very much Maqueo, that does indeed look like what I'm after...no ogg - but flashable firmware, so maybe one day!
:-)
Looks they sell them in Europe too
You're right, no major company would dare to put a hard drive in a portable device.
*shakes head*
Do you Apple Shills have some sort of rule that states every time there is a discussion about mp3 players you have to mention the ipod no matter how irrelevant?
Just so you know, HDD ipods are all but useless for jogging/mountain biking/any other sport with a bit of rough & tumble.
Most people I know with an ipod use it to carry their entire music collection to a party or whatnot (and plug it into a wall socket). They have a shuffle or some other sort of player for for real portability.
Furthermore, it looks like Apple is moving away from HDDs and onto solid state.
Now that harddrives are becoming so small and the price isn't that bad, I reckon they are really limiting their device by just supporting SD, especially when they try and flog it off as a portable movie player. I'm sure if they stuck in 20gb hdd and had to add a tiny bit onto the overall width people wouldnt moan and you'd probabaly get more sales out of it
1) HDDs have moving parts and are prone to failure in portable devices.
2) HDDs have moving parts requiring more power - a nono in a portable device.
3) SD == expandable - need more storage? Buy another card. You will be able to buy a 4Gig SD card next year for next to nothing.
Frankly, I think the lack of a HDD is a good thing - I would kill for a mp3 player with a CF slot....
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
The irony of it - someone who is obviously one of these new age pagan revivalists scorning someone else's irrational beliefs.
regardless of whether we eject terawatts of thermal energy into the atmosphere or not.
Our thermal energy output is not the problem (for now). It is our output of C02 and other gases. These change earth's atmosphere, adding to earth's overall thermal energy retention.
But of course, I could just ignore global scientific consensus and listen to some random slashdotter who obviously has no clue about what the problem actually is instead.
Hmmmmn, according to Sun's JDS FAQ:
First linux distribution I've heard of that runs on Solaris
The grandparent was perfectly correct - Java is not Open Source (whilst being a perfectly nice free-as-in-beer programming language).
Yeah - its amusing that they can call this open source - of course alot of JDS _is_ built using Free Components (it would be more accurate to call it the GTK Desktop System).
However Looking Glass, some of the configuration tools and as you mention Java are licensed under a range of licenses that few people would think are open source. Sun does not explicitly state the licenses on their JDS site. However it is per seat licensing (of $100)
I suspect this is an attempt by the Indonesian Goverment to reduce the price of windows below $1
We shall see how serious they are.
And there will be a file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\sources.list
containing:
# See Windows Help file on sources.list for more information
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
cab http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista unstable main
# Uncomment if you want the amt-get source function to work
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista unstable main
# Uncomment if you want amt reallyunstable
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista reallyunstable main
# Uncomment if you want amt reallyreallyunstable
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista reallyreallyunstable main
I'm not sure what you mean, but Apple vs Microsoft was a copyright case, not a patent case.
I'd note one big patent UI precedence though - Adobe's patents for movable tabs that one sees in say Photoshop but never in non-Adobe products.
Broad software patents are not valid in most parts of the world. I note that Opera - a European browser contains movable tabs.
From the linked article:
I have not used adobe products for some time, so am not sure if this is the same thing.
OK - the statement as worded was correct in a legalistic sense. However, many take Apples share off to mean that Xerox ceded Apple all rights to their UI. This is simply not true - as the Xerox lawsuit link I provided shows.
they didn't steal Apple's copyrighted code did they?
*sighs*
I am well aware that microsoft have stolen copyrighted code (amongst other things). Let me further add that I view microsoft as the most evil, predatory retail software company on this planet.
However, that and the fact they may have ripped off quicktime is irrelevant to this discussion.
I remember seeing them in OS/2 before Windows 95 came out.
OK - I should have said "they appeared in non-apple operating systems first" (fwiw I found this information at wikipedia
But it doesn't really change my point does it? All GUI developers copy useful GUI features from each other.
Here you go
The poster you just called a "shill" was merely pointing out that it's not established that Apple has legally failed to undertake due diligence. That's for a judge or jury to decide, *not* the legal opposition.
No. The OP tried to make the entire summary sound incorrect.
Court documents appear to back this up.